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Collin Ludwig clears his sidewalk and driveway in Stillwater before going to work Friday February 21, 2014. An intense winter storm closed Twin Cities schools, cut power to thousands and produced some of the worst driving conditions in recent memory. (Pioneer Press: Jean Pieri)

Traffic moves slowly on East Seventh Street at Mounds Boulevard Friday. Between 2 p.m. Thursday and 6 a.m. Friday, 9.9 inches of snow fell at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, the official weather observation point for the Twin Cities, according to the National Weather Service. (Pioneer Press: Jean Pieri)

"Did you get the one of the snot dripping down my nose?" jokes Audrey Lutz as she shovels her sidewalk in Stillwater Friday. "I work from home. This is my coffee break," she said. (Pioneer Press: Jean Pieri)

A car drives down Lake Elmo Avenue in Stillwater. Road surfaces in the metro are treacherous, and the Minnesota Department of Transportation advises no travel due to the unusual combination of early-storm rain and sleet, heavy snowfall and post-storm frigid temperatures that have blunted salting and plowing efforts. (Pioneer Press: Jean Pieri)

Jane Gehr, left, takes a brief break from shoveling in St. Paul Friday to visit with Mary Jo Parker and her well-dressed Cockapoo. Gehr is a veterinarian at Arcade Animal Hospital. (Pioneer Press: Jean Pieri)

Many cars had trouble getting up an icy East Seventh Street in St. Paul Friday. (Pioneer Press: Jean Pieri)

A worker with Rochester Towing works to pull a minivan out of the median on Highway 14 West Friday morning, Feb. 21, 2014 in Rochester, Minn. More than 1,300 vehicles have spun from roadways across Minnesota since 2 p.m. Thursday, according to Minnesota State Patrol spokesman Lt. Eric Roeske. (Rochester Post-Bulletin: Ken Klotzbach)

Freeway Ford sales consultant Debra Anderson makes her way through the lot to clear snow off new cars Friday in Bloomington. (Associated Press: Jim Mone)

A Rochester Police officer directs traffic around a pair of vehicles stuck on the off-ramp to West Circle Drive from Highway 14 in Rochester Friday morning. (Rochester Post-Bulletin: Ken Klotzbach)

Missy Juve shovels the street at the intersection of Prosperity Avenue and Ames Avenue East in St. Paul Friday afternoon. The neighbors at these two streets get together and help each other by cleaning up what the city snow plows miss. (Pioneer Press: John Doman)

A statue of hockey legend Herb Brooks is covered with ice and snow as he stands vigil in front of the RiverCentre in St. Paul Friday. Brooks was the head coach of the gold medal-winning U.S.Olympic hockey team at Lake Placid in 1980. (Pioneer Press: John Doman)